Definition of Fugato

1. a. in the gugue style, but not strictly like a fugue.

Definition of Fugato

1. Noun. (music) A fugal passage in a composition that is not a fugue. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fugato

1. a fugal composition [n -TOS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fugato

fuffier
fuffiest
fuffing
fuffs
fuffy
fufu
fug
fugacious
fugaciously
fugaciousness
fugacities
fugacity
fugacy
fugal
fugally
fugato (current term)
fugatos
fugged
fuggedaboudit
fuggedaboutit
fuggier
fuggiest
fuggily
fugging
fuggy
fugh
fughetta
fughettas
fugie

Literary usage of Fugato

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Larger Forms of Musical Composition: An Exhaustive Explanation of the by Percy Goetschius (1915)
"Or some later section of the Finale may develop into a fugato. ... The Finale consists chiefly in a series of fragmentary variations, including a fugato. ..."

2. Miscellaneous Studies in the History of Music by Oscar George Theodore Sonneck (1921)
"A bona fide four- part fugue seems to follow, but the movement impresses me more like a fugato variation of the prelude, the prelude theme, ..."

3. Music (1893)
"The sonatas present but little difference from the suites, except inasmuch as the movements are of a more severe character, often written in fugato style ..."

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